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For more than 30 years now, Mackin’s Animal Feeds in Co Down have been a leading one stop location for agricultural, hardware and garden supplies. Irish Trucker spoke to Hugh and Brian Mackin to find out all about the company which prides itself in delivering quality.
uality isn’t something that’s obtained easily but the Mackins in Newry, Co Down have endeavoured to make it happen when it comes to their company’s service. Trading as Mackin’s Animal Feeds & Hardware Supplies Ltd, the family-run business has been around since 1980 when Peter Mackin first set-up shop after mixing his own feeds. Some 35 years later and five more departments have been added to the company’s services from their headquarters along the Dublin Road in Newry.
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While animal feeds remains the primary part of the business, hardware supplies, agricultural supplies, coal, decorative stone and garden supplies have seen Mackin’s evolve into a one stop shop down through the years , something that Hugh and Brian Mackin have been delighted to see it. “Our main business would have always been in animal feeds but in the last 10 years or so we’ve gone into different things like agricultural supplies, hardware and coal is a big thing for us now at the minute,” explained Hugh.
“We’ve a wide range of decorative stone here as well, so between that and coal we’d be kept busy with it in the summer and the winter time.” The history behind the company has seen it grow from strength to strength down through the last three decades to where it is today. Hugh’s father, Peter, started out as joiner once he finished school and had been mixing his own feeds on the farm before the idea dawned on him to set up his own operation. Now that same operation still stands nearly 36 years
Mackin’s Animal Feeds & Hardware Supplies Address: 108 Dublin Road, Newry, Co Down, BT35 8QP, Northern Ireland. Tel: (028) 3026 6526 Fax: (028) 3026 0810 Web: www.mackinsnewry.com E-mail: info@mackinsnewry.com IRISH TRUCKER & LIGHT COMMERCIALS